Brittany here-- If you know me then you know I am a sucker for a good ole' cheesy, romantic story. It's fitting that Ben & my story definitely does not fall short of cheesy or romantic. Our story starts back in 2011. At that time, Ben & I were in high school, & I was date-less for my junior prom. Truthfully, I didn't have much of an interest in prom, yet alone a date. At the time, my friend was taking her little brother to prom. Like most high schools, if you weren't a junior, senior, or knew a junior/senior, you could not go to prom. My friend's brother's friend (wow, what a mouth full) wanted to also go to prom, enter Ben. I agreed to take Ben to prom. Yes folks, I took Ben to prom, he didn't take me. While I had a crush on Ben, thought he was cute, I 100% thought he was into one of my friends, and not me. Funny looking back on this, Ben thought the opposite, that I was not interested in him! We had a great time at prom, but our story paused there. Ben moved with his family to Virginia the very next year. We both finished high school, went to great colleges, started our careers & lost touch. Until 2020. The year of the unexpected, in so many ways. I moved to Washington to start a new chapter in my career, travel nursing! Little did I know, Ben was an officer in the army, stationed in Washington. One of the things I love most about Washington (& what drew me to travel nurse here) is hiking! I posted a photo on social media of me hiking. Ben saw it. What are the chances? He immediately reached out to catch up. Through conversation, it led to us hanging out and eventually our first date hiking. Notoriously, on our first time hanging out, I jokingly told Ben, "Don't fall in love with me. I am a travel nurse & I will leave you." Well, jokes on me. Fast forward to over a year later, we got engaged in the place that brought us back together, while hiking. We have two amazing doggos together & we are excited to join our little family officially!